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Cormac Ó Dúlacháin SC Mediator
Called to the Irish Bar in 1986 admitted
as a Senior
Counsel in 2002
As a mediator he draws upon the experience acquired
from decades of involvement in a wide and diverse range of disputes. He has the benefit of having seen disputes
from the perspectives of both plaintiffs and defendants and has an appreciation of the pressures that each side
to a dispute can labour under.
Legal Career
A broad civil, commercial and criminal law practice. A public law practice in human rights, immigration, housing and discrimination cases. Specializations in property, landlord & tenant, construction,
copyright and media law. - Acted in fraud cases in areas of insurance, public procurement, stockbroking and fisheries regulation.
- Represented clients at official inquiries
and at inquests.
Appeared before
parliamentary committees.
He has acted for the victims of the Dublin & Monaghan
Bombings and for the victims of the Stardust Ballroom Fire at various official inquires. He has appeared at the Morris Tribunal
of Inquiry into Garda Activities, the Mahon Tribunal of Inquiry into Planning Matters and the Moriarty Tribunal of Inquiry
into Political Donations. He also appeared at the Murphy Inquiry into Sex Abuse in Swimming.
He is a former chairperson of Threshold - National Housing Organisation.
Prior to qualifying as a lawyer he worked in the fields of education and community development. He is a member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Irish Branch.
Special Speaking Appearances 2009 & 2010 May 2009 - Respond National Housing Conference 2009 - "Is Combating
Poverty a Dead Agenda?" - Address "Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel for Those in Mortgage Arrears". October 2009 - Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance
and the Public Service - Address "The Problems of Housing Repossessions". November 2009 - Irish Human Rights Commission & Law Society Annual Human Rights Conference - "Economic,
Social & Cultural Rights - Making States Accountable" - Address "Housing Rights - National Implementation Measures".
February 2010 Guest Speaker CPD-Seminars Spring
Conference - The Business of ADR & Mediation - Marbella, Spain
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